Cappadocia 3 Days

DAY 1: ISTANBUL – CAPPADOCIA - UNDERGROUND CITY
Take the flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia. Arrive and meet you outside the arrivals gate and start with the tour. Hike along the Red/Rose Valley, the most breathtakingly beautiful valleys in our unique area. Finish the hiking tour at the Cavusin Cave Village. After a 1 hour walking and Cavusin village visit continue to Kaymakli Underground City and explore four levels of this underground city which is a maze of tunnels where it is believed up to 3500 people may have lived. You will see storage rooms, kitchens and living areas with ventilation shafts. There are also wineries, stables and “millstone” doors which could be rolled to seal tunnel entrances from invaders. Parts of the underground city may be from the Hittite era but were also used by early Christians as a refuge as there is a small church. Last stop at one of the most important symbols of Cappadocia, the Legend of Three Beauties takes its name from the fairy chimney of two adults and a child. Overnight in Cappadocia.

DAY 2: GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM AND FAIRY CHIMNEYS
09:30 Departure. Visit Devrent Valley - natural rock formations with fantastic shapes, some of which are reminiscent of people and animals. Visit the Zelve area with Pasabagi for a walk in the vineyards among strange multiple "mushroom-capped" fairy chimneys, then continue to Avanos, which has been a center of terra cotta work since 3000 BC. See a pottery demonstration using the ancient kick-wheel technique. We will also visit Goreme Open Air Museum, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. See the best examples of Byzantine frescoes and symbols inside the rock-cut churches that date roughly from the 10th to the 13th along with the kitchens and dining halls of the monks in this extensive early Christian complex. The last stop will be Uchisar Castle where we climb up tunnels inside the rock citadel for an extensive panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia and even Mt Erciyes on a clear day. Overnight Cappadocia. (B.)

DAY 3: IHLARA TOUR - ISTANBUL
09:30 Departure from your Hotel. Drive to Ihlara visit Guzelyurt (Gelveri) which is the village of one of the famous church fathers of Cappadocia - Gregory of Nazianzus. It has abandoned cave houses and churches with frescos dating back to the 10th century . We will drive to the impressive Ihlara Valley which is located near Mount Hasan and Mount Melendez, which are two of the three sleeping volcanoes in Cappadocia. The Valley is actually a canyon with a depth of approximately 100 meters and length of 14 kilometers and it is thought that there are more than 4000 dwellings and 100 cave churches carved in the rock. We will walk approximately 3 km along the Melendez River passing through vineyards, poplar and pistacio trees in the most scenic part of the valley. Lunch next to the River in the village of Belisirma (ancient Peristrema). Drive to Selime, a village of rock cones below a mesa. There is a two-story colonnaded church and monastery, kitchens and tunnel all carved into the rock above the village. On the way continue to Lake Nar (Turkish: Nar or Narli Gölü) which is a brackish lake situated on the borterline between Aksaray Province and Nigde Province of central Turkey. Transfer to the airport and take the flight to Istanbul. (B.)

**Recommended: Hot Air Balloon
Can be added: ATV Tour / Jeep Safari​​​​​ / Wine Tasting